Lipstick container



Patented June 29, 1948 Donald A. Seaver, West Cheshire, Conn.,

assignor to, Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn., a corporation of @onnecticut Application September 2, 1.944,I .Serial No. 552,414

(Cl. 20G-56') sclaims.

This invention-` relates tocertain improvements in dispensing containers for lipstick, eyebrow pencil and similar soit pasty cosmetics. Par.- ticularly the invention relates toa type of Container. in. which the cosmetic is supported in a carrierV which is. elevated. and retracted within a` Casing byrotating one member. relative to another member, and-which. type Ot container is generallyI known as a. swivel. type of lipstick container..

This invention. pertains particularly tothe con.- struction of the pin member that is employed.' for elevating the. carrier cup, within-l the container coincident with.. rotating one; part` of the-container relative-to'- anotheri part, Heretotore, the pins for thistypeicf, article have-.been generally. madefrom screw machine products, or headed' pills which have been more on less expensiveto manufacture, requiring,- adiicult riveting operation in. assemblingthe pin? tothe carriercup1 and presenting only a. relatively small sur-face; area ci the pin head tothe-.side edges of a helical.V groove through which the pin head operates 15erl elevating and retracting` the carrier cup.- within the container.

I-t is oneof theobjects of thisI invention to makethe4 elevator pin from hat material pre-ferably of metal and. formed. into a Lleshapewith the legs-.of said pin projecting through; twin. slots provided in` the insidev shell andz through alined openings in thc-carrier cup. l

Another object of this. invention is to design the u-shape-pin in such acmanner-thatitcan be conveniently blanke-d out from hat sheet Ina-ter rial which in blank. for-m provides: fory oppositel-y extending portionsv connected.- together byan inclinedportion, the.v oppositely entend-ing portions eventually becomingY the legsof the, U-shape pin andtheinclined: iiol-tlcin-` forming the connecting or head' end. of; the U-shape pin and which portion is inclined inl conformity to the pitch of a helical groove-z.y or-slot forming a partY of thecgn, tainer construction.

- Another object ofthis invention to-devise. the container construction so that the elevator pin con be assembled? and disassembled. from the carrior one thus.. permitting the carrier cup tobe vaged in case anypartot the container is found defective.

With' those and othenobjects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features ot construction, combinationsv andarrangements of parte, as will bemorefullydisclosed in connection with-the accompanying drawing. and as. set icrth the annexed claims l 4reirmweolfrom the casina and; various parte sails In the drawing: l

Fig. 1' is generally an elevationaly view of the interior part of the swivel type lipstick container with the outside shell in section andi the cover member omitted.

Fig, 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken at to the View of Fig. 1 and speciically through one, ofthe longitudinal slots of the inside shell in order to show a side elevational view of the operating, pin` Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken. Substantially along the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. s

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the carrier clip andv the operating pin in detached relationship.

Fiel. 5 is a development plan view of the `pin blank. in its initial nat state as it appears when lblanlzed out from a piece of sheet material.

Fig.. 6 is an upper edge view of the operating nin as it appears, in its finished folded' state.

Fig.. 7. is. a front elevational view of the same.. and

Fig. a is. an end. view 0i' Fig. as it appears fromthe left elld;

Reieiring now to the. drawing in which like reference numerals reier to. corresponding parts throughout the several views.: the. numeral' t0 refers generally to a. dispensing container `with the cover member omitted. The container comprises an outside. tubular shell casing, Il and. an inside shell l2 rotatably mounted within. said casing li., Disposed between the outside. shell casing lland the inside shell |`2 and adapted to be retained and carried by the inside shell I2, is, a spiral sleeve L3 having. a helical slot M extending from end. to end thereon The base or lower end of, the inside shell, l2 is provided. with an integral enlarged head l5 having. a. diameter slightly larger tharithe diameter oi the outside.- shell casi-ng. i l and preferably pron videdl with formed circumferential ribs topresent a better grippingv surface tti-.facilitate in the 0peretion of the device. Removed from thev upper OpenY end of the. insideshell |72 is. an. outwardly len-uned bead te. for holding the spiral sleeve. I3 within confined quarters. The upper end of the .outside shell casing I. I. is spun over as at il to covei; up. the raw edge ofV the inside shell l?. and present. abetter finished appearance at the; open endl et the container l0.. l

Mounted to slide.- within the inside shell I2, is a carrier cup or. elevator member, ta in which a cosmetic stick L9, is held. The: inside shell. l2 is providedwith apair of` longitudinal spaced slots Ztl and 2| extendingI parallel to each. other and SllJQstantiallyv the entire. length. of. said. shell. I2..

Yand of a width to accommodate cover, not shown, may be The purpose of this invention is to provide a much cheaper and simpler pin construction which cooperates with the mechanism generally employed in swivel type lipstick containers for the purpose of elevating and retracting the carrier cup therewithin. To this end the elevator pin, generally indicated by the numeral 22, is preferably made from a predetermined'shaped at blank 23 as illustrated in Fig. 5 and such as can be cut or blanked out from flat sheet material. The blank 22 comprises a central angular or biased portion 24 and a pair of longitudinal portions 25 extending from opposite ends thereof and arranged parallel to each other. The proximal ends of the longitudinal portions '25, where they join the angular portion 24, are to the same side of the angular portion 24 about fold lines '26 to become the parallel legs 25 of U-shape pin 2I such as best shown in Fig. 6, and the angular portion 24 becoming the head of the U-shape pin. The angular portion 24 may be slightly formed into an arcuate shape so as to conform substantially to the outside diameter of the inside shell I2.

The carrier cup I8 is provided with a pair of rectangular openings 2,1 and 28 through its side wall, the axes of which are parallel to the cup axis the material thickness of the legs 25 of the .pin 22. Further the right rectangular opening 28 oi the carrier cup I8 as viewed in Fig. 4 is disposed in a plane above the opening 21 in order to align with the transversely ofi-set position of the legs 25 of the u -shape pin 22.

In assembling the container parts together the spiral sleeve I3 will iirst be slipped over the inside shell I2 and confined between the head I5 and the knurled bead IB. The carrier cup will next be dropped intoy the interior of the inside shell with its rectangularside wall openings 21, 28 alined respectively with the longitudinal slots 20 and '2l of the inside shell I2 and also with some portion of the helical slot I4 of the spiral sleeve I3. The U-shape sheet metal pin 22 in its complete form, as shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, will then be alined with the alined openings I4, 20, 2|, 21 and 28 and the legs 25 of said pin will be inserted through the openings 21 and 28 of the carrier cup I8 until the connecting angular portion 24 of the pin engages the outer wall of the inner shell I2. Then the outside shell casing I I' is finally slipped over the assembled parts I2, I3, I8 and 22 to complete the assembly, after which a slipped over the outside shell I I to complete the unit. The inner wall of the outside shell casing II will retain the elevator pin 22 in assembled position and cause the angular connecting part 24 of the pin to operate within the helical slot I4. The arrangement and the position of the legs 25 of the U-shape pin 22 are such that when in assembled position only the upper narrow edges of the legs will be in the path of the stick material I9 when assembled into the carrier cup so as to readily cut through the stick material coincident with its assembly into the carrier cup I8.

While preference has been given to rectangular openings 21 and 28 with their longitudinal axis parallel to the cup axis it can be seen that round openings of a size to accommodate the width of the leg members 25 of the U-shape pin 22 can be provided in the wall of thecup I8 and operate equallypas well. In both instances of providing either rectangular openings andround openings in the cup wall their position is such that they are capacitated to receive the legs 25 and mainrectangular openings vertically oset relative to y One form of the invention is presented herein for the purpose of exempliflcation, but it will, of course, be appreciated that the invention is susceptible of embodiment in other structural modiiied forms coming equally within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. lIn a cosmetic holder of the character described an outer casing, an inner tubular member rotatable in said casing and having a pair of laterally spaced longitudinal parallel slots, means associated with said outer casing providing for a helical slot, a carrier cup for receiving a cosmetic material provided with a pair of laterally spaced rectangular wall openings axially offset relative to each other, and an operating pin constructed from a blank of sheet material and formed into a U-shape pin providing a pair of spaced legs and a biased connecting head portion disposing said legs one above the other in parallel planes, said spaced legs being insertable through the casing slots and the carrier cup openings, the latter openings serving to dispose said connecting head in predetermined position relative to said helical slot.

2. In a cosmetic holder 0f the character described an outer casing, an inner tubular member rotatable in'said casing` and having a pair of laterally spaced longitudinal parallel slots, means associated with said outer casing providing for a helical slot, a carrier cup for receiving a cosmetic material provided with a pair of laterally spaced rectangular wall openings with one opening axially -disposed above the other,y and an operating pin constructed from a blank of sheet material and formed into a U-shape pin providin-g a pair of laterally oir-set spaced legs and a connecting angular head portion disposing said legs one above the other in parallel planes, said ofi-set spaced legs being insertable through the casing slots and carrier cup openings, the latter openings serving to dispose said connecting head in predetermined position relative to said helical Slot.

3. In a cosmetic holder of the character described an outer casing, an inner tubular member rotatable in said casing and having a pair of laterally spaced longitudinal parallel slots, means associated with said outer casing providing for a helical slot, a carrier cup for receiving a cosmetic material provided with a pair of laterally spaced each other, and an operating pin constructed from a blank of sheet material and formed into a U- shape pin providing a pair of laterally offset spaced legs and a connecting angular head portion disposing said legs one above the other in parallel planes, said ofi-set spaced legs being insertable through the casing slots and carrier cup openings, the latter openings serving to dispose said connecting head in predeterminedposition relative to said helical slot.

4. As an article of manufacture, an operating pin for use with the carrier cup of a swivel type of lipstick container and in the form of a U-shaped member initially formed up from a blank of ilat thin sheet material, said member `comprising a pair of relatively long at parallel legs of uniform Width substantially their entire length and laterally spaced relative to each other, said legs also offset one above the other in reference to a common plane perpendicular to both legs, and a biased head portion integrally connecting adjacent ends of said legs together and of substantially the same transverse width of said legs.

5. As an article of manufacture, an operating pin as dened by claim 4 wherein -one of the parallel legs is olfset relative to the other leg at least its own width.

6. As an article vof manufacture, an operating pin as defined by claim 4 wherein the biased connecting head portion is of slightly arcuate shape along its longitudinal axis.

7. A blank adapted to be formed into an operating pin for a swivel type lipstick container comprising a pair of oppositely extending equal length parallel flat leg portions of uniform Width substantially their entire length and an intermediate biased connecting portion, said connecting portion being substantially the same Width as said leg portions and of an axial length less than either of said leg portions, said connecting portion being joined to the adjacent ends of said leg portions by distinct diagonally opposed obtuse angles.

8. A blank as dened by claim 7 wherein the said leg portions are perpendicularly offset relative to each other on a, common plane substantially their own Width.

DONALD A. SEAVER.

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